To encourage students from around the world to launch innovative environmental projects, Volvo sponsors Volvo Adventure.
Recognizing Future Environmental Leaders
Volvo Adventure is an educational program that honors young people ages 13 to 16 who develop pro-environment projects online. The goal of the program is to increase the environmental expertise of tomorrow's decision makers and consumers.
After the projects are submitted, 15 projects are selected and the teams are invited to attend an all-expenses-paid awards conference in Gothenburg, Sweden.
During the conference, the teams present the projects to an international jury. The three best entries receive grants of $10,000, $6,000 and $4,000, respectively, to enable them to continue their environmental project.
2007 Teams
The following teams have been selected to attend the 2007 Volvo Adventure awards conference:
- Environmental Group "Viva o Trsito," Brazil; Project Name: Ambiental Traffic
- CISV &EEMM; Eco Group, Canada; Project Name: Biodiversity Project &EEMM; Saving a Species at Risk
- Shanghai Pinghe School, China; Project Name: E-waste Project
- Ornithology Club of Primary School , Tuzno, Croatia; Project Name: Protection of White Stork in Varazdin County
- Productive Roofs, Egypt; Project Name: Productive Roofs
- Prehari, India; Project Name: Dissolution of Traffic Chaos
- Bright Youngster, Indonesia; Project Name: Useful Waste for a Better Future
- Various Exploration Party, Japan; Project Name: How to Use the Bamboo Energy?
- Antonine International School, Lebanon; Project Name: Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness
- St. Joseph School , Paola , Malta &EEMM; Eco-School Committee, Malta; Project Name: Conserve Today for Tomorrow
- Green Teens, New Zealand; Project Name: Plastic &EEMM; Not So Fantastic!
- Facing Up, South Africa; Project Name: EnergyWise
- Private Sanko Schools, Turkey; Project Name: Rumkale &EEMM; "No Longer Alone!"
- Bankier Primary School, UK; Project Name: Eco School
- AWAKE, USA; Project Name: Arizona Water Activists Karing for the Environment
More Information
For more information, visit the Volvo Adventure website.
